The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-02
THE WORLD OF FASHION.
valuable Information on an Endless Va
riety OF Feminine Topics.

| valuable Information on an Endless Va
| riety OF Feminine Topics.
Scotch plaids are the Juror in Paris.
Short-sleeved mantles are much in
vogue.
Pale drab is the popular color fol
dressing tailor suits.
Black surah is the proper silk fol
half mourning frocks.
Spangles enrich most of the fancy
work done with the needle.
Large quantities of striped India silk:
are seen on silk counters.
Cream laces trim poppy red India OF
China silks very tastefully.
A gray silk makes up better without
combination with either black or white.
Full Bishop sleeves and Gigot Qeg of
muttOn) sleeves are seen on many new
gowns.
Black and white checked silks and
black and white striped ones are in favor
again.
Drab and mauye are found to be a
good combination in a dress street
toilet or for carriage wear.
For home wear we now have te:
gown, morning gowns, chamber robes
i and lounging gowns.
Bustles of steel hoops are covered
with white or scarlet English morocco,
cut out in scallops and stitched in rows.
Broad bands of white stitching on
black kid gloves are de rigeuer with
white and black toilets of high cere-
mOny.
Satins are going out of favor. and
therefore are very cheap, but they
make lovely under-dresses for lace
frocks.
The burnouse shawl drapery and tho
jabot folds are the favorite arrange
ments for the back of the skirts of
spring dresses.
The coat sleeve is modified. 1t is
made looser above the elbow, and
opens at the inner, not the outer, seam
at the wrist
Pale rose and pearl gray are admir-
ably combined in dressy toilets de Wis
ite and home frocks of silk and wool
mixtures.
The latest production of the perfum-
er's art is the "Mabel Sweet" with a
fragrance just like that of the Japan
honeysuckle.
Scarlet and poppy red India silks ap-
pear among the solar drabs and delicate
tinted blues, greens, pinks and mauves
this season.
When the Parisians wear catogan
loop of hair in the nape of the neck
they still dress the top hair high and
bang the front locks.
The double V waist for children does
treble duty as a comfortable garment,
and stocking, skirt and drawers sup
porter all combined.
White or cream pearl picot or feather
edged ribbon is the inside plating pre-
ferred for the sleeves and collars of
dressy frocks this spring.
Green, grays, Gobelin blue, heliotrope
and old rose, and dull yellow shades are
most frequently the colors repeated in
the polychrome (variegated) silks of
this season.
The Langtry hustle, which folds up
when the. wearer leans back against
any thing and returns to its shape when
relieved of the pressure, is the correct
dress improver.
Hair dressing is more varied in Paris
than in New York. Here we have one
or two styles only of high coifures;
t here one sees dozen or more styles, all
equally fashionable, but all high.
The popular long apron draperies are
those plated into the belt or waist line
failing in long folds in front of the side
panels, thereby incre asing the slender
ness of the figure.
Fancy silk and lace couvres-gIobes
lamp sh AIDES of rose-colored silk muslin
and cream-colored lace are made more
decorative with crystal beads and fiat
pompon of artificial ferns and small
flowers.
Two kinds of silk are almost invaria-
bly, used in silk frocks, but the plain
black gros grain, faille or bengaline
dress is in high favor with certain con-
ladies, and these form large
class in New York.
Lounging or slumber gowns are made
in full, loose Mother Hubbard skirt style, |
'hirred on to deep yoke, and have
arge loose bishop sleeves and deer
falling collar set on high band made
20 fit loose around the neck.-M Y
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